I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 241 Don't even give it to me now
Seeing Roy threatening the surrounding Knossos with weapons, the twelve soldiers who followed Roy also raised their bronze spears.

Under the persecution of the cold light of the bronze spear, the surrounding Knossos could only leave angrily, not daring to ask Roy for food anymore.

Just when Roy was about to look away from the group of Knossos people, a man from Knossos who was soaked in clothes caught Roy's eyes.

This man seemed to have just come out of the water, holding a clay pot in both hands, and deliberately covered the pot with wet clothes, obviously not wanting others to see the type of pot.

But anyone who knows clay pots can tell from the shape and size of the pots that they are used to hold olive oil or grain.

The group of Knossos people who left in front of Roy saw the man holding the clay pot, and someone immediately rushed over to ask.

"Is this clay pot of yours filled with grain?"

Seeing a group of people running over to surround him, the man held the clay pot tightly with both hands and said.

"I fished it from the bottom of the sea. You can't steal it from me. I almost suffocated in the water trying to get it out."

"This is not your food."

A man with a fierce expression immediately said loudly.

"Our local people use cloth bags to store food. Only merchant ships use clay pots to store food in order to prevent food from absorbing water and getting wet. Since this is unclaimed food you caught from the bottom of the sea, you should give us some .”

After speaking, he directly grabbed the clay pot.

Everyone else participated in order to share the food. Even the woman holding the baby held the baby in her right hand and reached out to touch the clay pot with her left hand.

In the scramble of a group of people, the clay pot finally fell to the ground with a bang, and the wheat in the clay pot was scattered in the soil.

A group of people froze for a moment, then knelt on the ground one after another, holding the wheat and sand into their cloth bags.

Looking at this scene from afar, Roy couldn't help shaking his head.

There is a saying that one knows etiquette when the granary is solid, and one knows honor or disgrace when one has enough food and clothing.

Ordinary people will only take into account moral etiquette and value honor and disgrace only when they have enough food and clothing.

When they can't survive, the selfishness of human nature will be fully displayed.

Roy led twelve soldiers from the port to the urban area, and came to the ruined north gate of Knossos City. Roy saw a group of Knossos soldiers cleaning up the ruins of the house and dragging the corpses in the ruins to a Burning in a huge bonfire.

Seeing that there were not only soldiers cleaning up the ruins of the house, but also an old nobleman in cotton clothes with gray hair, Roy walked up to the old nobleman with his back turned away and said.

"Old man, can I bother you?"

Hearing Roy's words, the noble old man froze first, then he slowly turned to face Roy.

Seeing the face of this noble old man, Roy immediately widened his eyes in disbelief.

Because this noble old man turned out to be going to the king of Knossos.

"King Minos—"

"Now my son Deucalion is Minos, and my real name is Talos."

The old man who called himself Talos glanced at the soldier behind Roy and said.

"Loy, King of Athens, do you want to conquer the city of Knossos? If you can guarantee to feed everyone in the city of Knossos, I can directly dedicate the city of Knossos to you."

Roy immediately shook his head and said.

"I don't have any interest in conquering Knossos now. Talos! I remember you are only in your 40s. Why do you look like this old man? You just said you would dedicate Knossos to me —Did Minos also die? If Minos is still alive, how can you make decisions for him?"

"Are you surprised by the way I look now?"

Talos said calmly.

"When you are under the same pressure as me, maybe you will become an old man overnight like me. In the era of my grandfather and father, our city of Knossos has always been rich and powerful, and it is the absolute overlord of the Aegean Sea region But in the era of me and Deucalion, the city of Knossos first lost the war with Athens and its hegemony was shaken, and then suffered unprecedented disasters. Now the city of Knossos has changed from the overlord of the Aegean Sea region to A city-state that may collapse and perish at any time, you simply cannot imagine the pressure and pain I endured."

Having said that, Talos sighed deeply, and then continued.

"In order to solve the food problem, my son Deucalion--Minos has gone to Egypt to become a mercenary with three thousand soldiers. But I can guarantee that as long as you are willing to feed all the Knossos, Minos Nor will I object to dedicating the city of Knossos to you."

Roy said with a wry smile.

"If I have the ability to feed the 5 people of Knossos, I will definitely accept Knossos and the people of Knossos. It's a pity that the pressure is too great, and I still let you and Minos continue to bear it." Now! When Knossos survives this crisis, I will definitely conquer Knossos."

"Can the city of Knossos really survive this crisis?"

Seeing Talos' wry smile of despair, Roy said seriously.

"The city of Knossos will surely survive this crisis."

After finishing the conversation with Talos, Roy was about to take his soldiers back to the port when he suddenly saw the huge figure of the goddess Europa standing next to the Temple of Europa outside the city of Knossos with a height of ten meters.

After a moment of hesitation, Roy led his soldiers towards the Temple of Europa outside the city.

Temple of Europa.

The building, far from the port, was apparently not damaged by the tsunami.

At this time, the goddess Europa was like a beautiful doll, standing beside a small hill, staring blankly at the distant sea.

Roy walked to the top of the small hill alone, looked at Europa's porcelain-like beautiful face and said.

"Goddess Europa, you look sad."

Hearing Roy's words, Europa turned his head and looked at Roy with numb eyes.

Although the Kingdom of Athens is the enemy of Knossos, and Roy, as the king of Athens, is the biggest enemy of Knossos, Europa has no hostility towards Roy in his eyes.

Europa looked at Roy with unfocused eyes and said, as if his heart was ashamed.

"What did I do wrong... Why did the mother of the world treat me like this... My city of Knossos was destroyed by the mother of the world... I will also have a tragic end..."

Seeing that Europa didn't see herself at all, Roy knew that Europa only regarded herself as an object to confide in, and that she was no different from stone and wood in her eyes.

"Goddess Europa..."

Roy couldn't help saying that the strongest goddess in the once proud and beautiful Aegean Sea region had become like this.

"The city of Knossos will not be destroyed, and neither will your end."

"you--"

Europa showed a shaken expression on his face, and said with tears shining in his beautiful eyes.

"Don't lie to me, the city of Knossos is hopeless."

Roy took a deep breath, and then said in a firm tone.

"As the king of Athens, I assure you that the city of Knossos will continue to exist, and you will still be the patron saint of Knossos."

(End of this chapter)